SC Gov. Nikki Haley Announces She’s Voting For Donald Trump

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who has spent much of this election season slamming GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump over his unsavory rhetoric, has finally, albeit hesitantly, boarded the Trump train.

Speaking at a news briefing for the Hurricane Matthew relief fund Thursday afternoon, the governor explained that though she found both Trump and Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton to be disagreeable, she had opted to nevertheless vote for the GOP nominee because of “policy.”

“I will tell you, this is no longer a choice for me on personalities because I’m not a fan of either one,” she told the Washington Examiner. “What it is about is policy.”

She meant policy like the grossly damaging proposals from Clinton, who wanted to keep Obamacare in place, import countless Muslim refugees, offer illegal immigrants amnesty and nominate liberal justices to the Supreme Court.

“When I look at all of those, I come back to say that the best person based on the policies and dealing with things like Obamacare, still is Donald Trump,” she continued.

The governor added that it was not an “easy vote.”

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SC Gov. Nikki Haley Announces She’s Voting For Donald Trump

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That was a tepid endorsement at best, but it was still an endorsement of sorts — similar in many ways to the one offered by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who last month announced that he intended to vote for Trump despite disagreeing with him on several issues.

“A year ago, I pledged to endorse the Republican nominee, and I am honoring that commitment,” he wrote at the time. “And if you don’t want to see a Hillary Clinton presidency, I encourage you to vote for him.”

With both Cruz and Haley now aboard the Trump train, establishment Republicans among the “NeverTrump” crowd are looking lonelier than ever.

The good news is that there is still time for them to change their mind and make the right decision. The bad news is that most of them are probably too stubborn to do so.